Kangana Ranaut tells Mumbai court she has lost faith in it

Kangana Ranaut also moved a counter complaint against Javed Akhtar for alleged “extortion and criminal intimidation”

Actress Kangana Ranaut appeared before a city court on Monday in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar, and said she had "lost faith" in the magistrate's court as it indirectly "threatened" her with a warrant if she failed to appear before it in a bailable offence.

Ranaut also moved a counter complaint in the court against Akhtar for alleged "extortion and criminal intimidation", and her lawyer informed the court that they had filed an application before the chief metropolitan magistrate, seeking transfer of the hearing in the complaint to another court.

The actor in her complaint said following her public dispute with a co-star, Akhtar had called her and her sister Rangoli Chandel to his house with mala fide intentions and ulterior motives and then ‘criminally intimidated and threatened her.

As per the complaint, Akhtar had forced Ranaut to tender a written apology to her co-star. She further alleged that Akhtar had threatened her with dire consequences and told her that she would be making her own life miserable by indulging in such a public fight with her co-star, who comes from a powerful background and family.

"The words that were used by the accused (Akhtar) were ‘if you do not say sorry to Hrithik Roshan, you will have to commit suicide because they will put you in jail. They have found all clues and evidence and they know that the case is completely in their hands'," the complaint said.

Earlier, Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate R R Khan last week said he will issue a warrant against Ranaut, if she fails to appear on the next date of hearing on September 20 in connection with Akhtar's complaint against her.

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